[meteorite-list] Fw: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:09:20 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <575740.14828.qm_at_web30702.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

It is too bad that Kalahari 009 was never officially
weighed before it was cut. It seems that the anonymous
owner could have at least given this record-breaking
stone the dignity of a certified weigh-in. Using the
term "about" 13.5 kilograms will never hold water in
the record books and history will reflect on this
poorly! It seems something as important as a lunar
rock should at the very least be weighed accurately. I
have the same issue with NWA 032 which is recorded
~300 grams. Why all these even figures? Can't the
owners afford or borrow a calibrated scale?

Official quote from the Meteortical Bulletin:

A single stone of about 13.5 kg was found in September
1999 by an anonymous finder in front of a sand dune
within the Kalahari desert, roughly 50 m apart from
Kalahari 008.

Best Regards,

Adam


 
--- Jerry <grf2 at verizon.net> wrote:

> RECORD MARE BASALT IN KALAHARI 009
> Jerry Flaherty
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> Subject: New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009
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> > Announcement from Planetary Science Research
> Discoveries [PSRD]
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> > New Issue: Lunar meteorite Kalahari 009 contains
> fragments of basalt
> > about 4.35 billion years old, a record-breaking
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